The archaeology and palaeobiological record of Pasimbahan-Magsanib site, northern Palawan, Philippines
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Recent excavations in northern Palawan, Philippines provide zooarchaeological and macrobotanical evidence documenting human occupation and changes in faunal composition and subsistence strategies. Here we present the archaeobiological record of Pasimbahan-Magsanib site dating from c. 10,500 yr. BP to the subrecent. The terrestrial vertebrate record provides for a more robust Palawan biostratigraphy and chronicles Late Quaternary changes in mammalian composition and human responses to the changing abundance of large mammal communities. Well-stratified shell layers and middens contain a wide variety of taxa derived from freshwater, estuarine and marine environments that also provide insights on varying subsistence strategies and the local ecology. Macrobotanical evidence provides further evidence for both foraging and possible plant management strategies in the Holocene.
Authors: Janine Ochoa, Victor Paz, Helen Lewis
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
Funders: University of Washington, University of Waikato, University of Oxford, European Commission, Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University College Dublin, Irish Research Council, University of the Philippines, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W652915614